NPAs of PSBs reaches Rs 7.34 lakh crore at September-end

26 Dec 2017 Evaluate

Bad loans problem of public sector banks (PSBs) has once again taken the centre stage, as according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, despite the governments’ various efforts NPAs of PSBs reached to Rs 7,33,974 crore as of September, 2017, mainly due to corporate defaulters.

As per the RBI data, though the bad loans of PSBs are rising high, the private sector banks reported a considerably lower NPA figure of Rs 1,02,808 crore. Public sector banks appeared more stressed than private banks, with country’s largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI) accounted for the largest share in the total NPAs at over Rs 1.86 lakh crore, followed by Punjab National Bank (Rs 57,630 crore), Bank of India (Rs 49,307 crore), Bank of Baroda (Rs 46,307 crore), Canara Bank (Rs 39,164 crore) and Union Bank of India (Rs 38,286 crore).

In the private sector, ICICI Bank accounted for the highest amount of NPAs at Rs 44,237 crore by the end of September, followed by Axis Bank (Rs 22,136 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 7,644 crore) and Jammu and Kashmir Bank (Rs 5,983 crore). The government has restored various provisions for the recovery of the bad loans and has expanded the network of Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs). There are 39 DRTs now as compared to 33 in 2016-17 that will help reduce the pending cases as well as expedite disposal of cases.


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